It’s no secret that Locky Gilbert is quite the ladies’ man, with several women coming forward claiming they dated the thrill-seeker in the months before his debut on The Bachelor.
And on Monday, a Perth-based mother of two told Woman’s Day that she had dated Locky, 30, before he signed on to the Channel 10 dating show.
Charlie Octavia, 28, said she’d been close to falling in love with the former Australian Survivor star before they called things off and he resurfaced on The Bachelor.
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Another one! It’s no secret that Locky Gilbert (left) is quite the ladies’ man, and on Monday, Charlie Octavia (right) told Woman’s Day she had dated him before his debut on The Bachelor
While they had romantic chemistry, Charlie said she was ‘glad’ she didn’t fall for Locky.
But their break-up wasn’t too bad, as Locky reportedly kept in touch with Charlie when he was filming The Bachelor.
At one stage during production earlier this year, he even sent his ex a friendly selfie from the Bachelor mansion.
The photo showed him sitting in front of a fireplace that coincidentally was used as the backdrop to one of his dates with Irena Srbinovska, who is rumoured to win the show.
‘To be as intimate as we were, then see Locky on TV tying to win the hearts of so many other women was surreal,’ Charlie said.
Wasn’t meant to be! Charlie (pictured) , a Perth-based mother of two, said she’d been close to falling in love with Locky before they called things off and he resurfaced on The Bachelor
Hmm! At one stage during production earlier this year, Locky even sent his ex a friendly selfie from the Bachelor mansion. The photo showed him sitting in front of a fireplace that coincidentally was used as the backdrop to one of his dates with Irena Srbinovska (pictured)
It comes after Charlie told Daily Mail Australia in March: ‘I do know Locky, but he was never my boyfriend.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel 10 and Locky Gilbert for comment.
It comes after Locky unleashed on his exes for coming out of the woodwork after he was announced as the Bachelor in March.
‘I have clearly moved on and maybe they haven’t’: Locky recently accused his rumoured flings of being ‘fame hungry’ women who need to ‘move on’. Pictured with host Osher Gunsberg
‘All these girls are coming out, I am not too sure why they are coming out, they just want their time in the sun,’ he told the Herald Sun.
‘I have got a past, I can’t hide that, but they feel like they want to come out and give their story; all power to them.
‘I am sorry it didn’t work out with me and them, but I have clearly moved on and maybe they haven’t.’
‘Hurt’ and ‘blindsided’: Locky’s Survivor star ex Brooke Jowett (pictured), said she was ‘blindsided’ by the announcement that he was Australia’s 2020 Bachelor
Just days before Locky was announced as the Bachelor, Brooke Jowett, whom he had grown close to on Australia Survivor, told TV Week their relationship had potential.
‘We haven’t completely written it off, it’s just very complicated with the distance,’ she said, referencing the fact they live in different states.
But when news broke that Locky would be handing out roses on national TV, Brooke expressed her disappointment on Instagram.
‘I’m hurt and a little blindsided, but I wish the best for Locky, I always will,’ she wrote.
In the past: Locky has also apparently had past flings with Farmer Wants A Wife star Tahlia Rubio, Bachelor star Deanna Salvemini, and Perth model Holly Newman
Last to know: Holly Newman (pictured) claimed she found out he was The Bachelor via social media, as he ‘ghosted’ her and left her messages unanswered
Locky other former flings include Farmer Wants a Wife star Tahlia Rubio, ex-Bachelor contestant Deanna Salvemini and Perth model Holly Newman.
He previously dated Love Island Australia star Jordan Cayless until mid-2019.
Despite Locky insisting he’s found ‘the one’ on The Bachelor, Jordan said she was skeptical about her ex-boyfriend’s claims in a recent interview with New Idea.
Couple: Locky previously dated Love Island Australia star Jordan Cayless until mid-2019
Ouch! Jordan (pictured) claimed that if the tattooed hunk gets down on one knee in the finale that it would be purely for ‘publicity and the ratings’